October 04, 2010
Daniel Elliott Joins Green Automotive Board of Directors
Green Automotive Company Corporation (PINKSHEETS: GACR) announced today that the Company has added Daniel J. Elliott to the Board of Directors.
Daniel J. Elliott, an 18 year veteran of sustainable energy, brings extensive experience and technical depth to advanced vehicle development, production and marketing. Elliott began his career in 1991 working on the Ecostar battery electric vehicle of the Ford Motor Company.
Mr. Elliott was the previous CEO of Phoenix Motorcars, Inc., one of the early entrants in the Electric Vehicle segment of the U.S. automotive industry. While with Phoenix Motorcars Mr. Elliott generated private equity investments in excess of $35 million, created a management team of nationally recognized automotive professionals, developed 10 fully functional prototype vehicles. When Mr. Elliott left Phoenix Motorcars in 2009, the company had a $40 million backlog of vehicle orders from public and private fleet operators, including NASA, PG&E, the U.S. Department of Corrections, the State of California, Maui Electric Corporation, the U.S. Military/TARDEC, and many other public and private fleets.